Chromaicora Adventures Super-Shorts - A Webseries by GeekyGamerZack

Scene 1: Stage: Unknown Time of Day

Brocc walks onto the stage.

Brocc: Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to kick-off the newly-revamped Super-Shorts!

Bryn's voice: Hey! We were BOTH supposed to do this, Brocc!

Brocc: I'm not the one who was late, Brynwon!

Bryn's voice: Well, EXCUUUUUSE me for going to the wrong theatre, Broccoli!

Brocc: You wanna fight?! Come over here, then!

Bryn's voice: With pleasure!

Bryn runs toward Brocc, her hand clenched into a fist.

Brocc: Whoa, whoa, whoa! I was just kidding! Calm down already!

Bryn relaxes.

Bryn: I'm sorry, Brocc. I've just been so stressed. It feels like literally YEARS since Crystals II was announced.

Brocc: True, that.

Bryn: I mean...has the writer even HINTED at when it'll be uploaded?

Brocc: All I've been told is that it'll be hosted alongside two other seasons.

Bryn: Wait...you mean-

Brocc: Yep! We're finally going to see some adventures on Terra Neos!

Bryn's expression turns blank.

Bryn: Uh...Brocc? There have already BEEN stories set in that world.

Brocc: Oh yeah? Name two!

Bryn: The New Beginning and The Water Pendulum, BOTH of which are on this very site.

Brocc: I thought we WEREN'T doing a shameless plug.

Bryn: Dude, this entire SITE is dedicated to the series. It's not a plug if the readers are already reading it, right?

Brocc scratches his head.

Brocc: Oh yeah...anyway, this is the part where I explain about the Super-Shorts. It all goes back to 2013, when the writer of Chromaicora Adventures decided to create a Dungeons & Dragons fanfiction set within his world of Junihoshi-

Bryn: Uh...Brocc? They're Super-SHORTS?

Brocc: Right...anyway, long story short, this is technically the first of a new breed of Super-Shorts!

Bryn: How are they different than the originals? You and I stand on stage and talk smack with one another.

Brocc: Well, the OLD ones were almost always themed around the original season, Crystals of Silveria. Sure, there was the occasional one set in another setting, like Mask of Akanius Super-Short, but the majority were based on Crystals and its characters.

Bryn: Except we became the proxy stars, right?

Brocc: Well, yeah...and I got so sick of Bryn being in them-

Bryn: Wait...what?!

Brocc: -that I personally organised for this new version to focus on stories set in every. Single. World. Of the. Multiverse!

Bryn mutters under her breath.

Bryn: I am SO putting laxative in your coffee mug, Brocc Farshot…

Brocc: That's right: this is the first of the Chromaicora Adventures Super-Shorts! And to prove it, here is a character from one of the current seasons!

Brocc holds his hand to the side of the stage. Furbendink walks up to him.

Furbendink: Wow, it's AMAZING to be here!

Bryn: Uh...this gnome looks and sounds EXACTLY like you, Brocc.

Brocc: What?! But his hair is FUCHSIA, and mine is GREEN!

Furbendink: Is she colour-blind?

Brocc: Who knows with her?

Bryn: Stop being rude, Brocc!

Brocc: And here's ANOTHER character from ANOTHER season!

Kati walks onto the stage.

Kati: Thank you, strange gnome I apparently haven't met before!

Bryn: And she looks and sounds like Katalina!

Brocc: Speaking of Katalina-

Bryn: Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me...

Brocc: -please welcome my big sister, Katalina Pharrschott!

Bryn: Why are your last names spelled differently if they're pronounced the same?

Katalina walks up to Bryn.

Katalina: Hi, Brynnie!

Bryn grins.

Bryn: Hi, Kallie!

Brocc: And just so we don't exclude Shell of Thal-

Bryn's thoughts: Wait...there's only one gnome character in that season, but doesn't Brocc hate him?

Brocc: -here's an extra SPECIAL guest!

Bryn: Oh boy, I get to see Brocc verbally tear into-

Disswey's voice: I'm getting paid for this, right?

Disswey walks onto the stage. Bryn's eyes widen.

Bryn: Wow...a kindred spirit...and she's HUMAN...

Brocc: Yes, Isabelle Disswey, you ARE getting paid for this appearance.

Disswey: Good, 'cause I want to show my no-good gnome crewmate Sven what he's missing.

Bryn's thoughts: She hates her gnome crewmate...?

Brocc's thoughts: She hates Sven...?

Hearts appear over Bryn and Brocc's eyes.

Bryn and Brocc: I think I'm in love...

Furbendink looks at Kati.

Furbendink: So...how do these things finish?

Kati: No idea.

Katalina: Honestly, I think they finish just like that.

Furbendink: Like what?

Scene 1: Training Hall: The Amethyst Blizzard: Early Morning

Talya enters the Amethyst Blizzard's training hall, pulling on the cuff of her right glove with her left as she flexes her fingers and thumb.

Talya: Okay, Evan, I want to break in these new mahou focus gloves I special ordered. They're supposed to make my techniques more effici-

Talya's eyes widen as she looks up.

Talya: Uh...hm...well, THIS is unexpected...

Scene 2: Talya and Delphie's Dorm: The Amethyst Blizzard: Early Morning

Talya approaches her dorm room door. We gradually hear the sound of a gull echoing from within.

Talya: Delphie is gonna find this completely weird for sure.

The door slides open, revealing Delphie, who is perched on the foot of her bed and imitating a gull, including a surprisingly accurate mimicry of its cry.

Talya: Okay, me, next time, try replacing "Delphie" with "Talya" for added accuracy.

After a second too long, Delphie realises Talya is standing in the doorway.

Delphie: Were you outer-monologuing again? You know the other recruits find that behaviour weird, don't you?

Talya: Yeah, well you shouldn't let them get to...wait...did you just call ME w-

Talya briefly closes her eyes.

Talya: Not the point. Come and look at this.

Delphie tilts her head slightly with curiosity.

Scene 3: Training Hall: The Amethyst Blizzard: Early Morning

Delphie: What...

Delphie leans her head to the right.

Delphie: ...IS it?

We cut to a view of a life-sized, perfectly-crafted wooden sculpture of Chuck.

Talya: Delphie, you remember every face you've ever seen with frightening accuracy. You should KNOW who this is!

Delphie: Well, yes, I know WHOM is depicted in this complete disregard for a living plant-based organism.

Talya: A living whatnow?

We cut to a view that includes Talya and Delphie.

Delphie: I am merely curious about what this is supposed to be. Perhaps an effigy of Chuck?

Talya: Now, come on, Delphie. Chuck's a loveable goof. Who'd want to hurt him?

Thugley's voice: Grr...I am so MAD! When I find that Hunch guy, I'm gonna-

Talya: Okay, never mind.

Delphie: To be fair, Thugley has a grudge against everyone he feels has wronged him at some point.

Talya: True. He never shuts up about the time I nearly accidentally spilled juice on his new jacket.

Delphie: Then if it isn't an effigy...perhaps a nymph?

Talya: What? Nymphs are spirit beings bound to places of nature. What would one be doing aboard an artificial flying structure like the Amethyst Blizzard?

Delphie: You DO recall Chuck's..."garden", yes?

A look of disgust and terror creeps onto Talya's face.

Talya: Well, I do now...and it's entirely possible that it's grown to the point that it manifests as a nymph.

Delphie: Hence its likeness of the one who indirectly gave it life.

Talya: But wouldn't it resemble...Chuck's "garden", rather than the trunk of a natural-sprouted tree?

Delphie: Hm...I recall a question posited by Chuck at lunch two days ago...

***
Chuck, Kati and Delphie sit at a table in the mess hall. Delphie has eight servings of seafood casserole, whereas Kati has a more sensibly-sized portion. Chuck looks at both his squadmates' lunches as he finishes chewing a bite of his half-finished vakmeat sandwich bun.

Chuck: Hey, shouldn't Kati have the oversized portion...? This is NOT the way to do a running gag.

Kati: Okay, the fourth-wall demolitions could use some work, but at least you're trying.

Chuck: Oh!

Chuck swallows his mouthful.

Chuck: Delphie, you know a lot about the technique sciences, right?

Delphie: Not as much as you might think. My talent is in swordcraft, not the arcane.

Chuck: Arc-what...? No, I just need advice on the use of prima techniques.

Kati: Chuck, are you kidding me...? I'm a freaking DRUIDESS, for crying out loud!

Chuck: Wait...you are?

Kati: Of course! I mean, it hasn't yet come up in the main series as of this Super-Short being uploaded, but...

Chuck: Well then, this is perfect!

Kati: What is?

Chuck: Okay, before you say anything, just hear me out...

Kati: That's a dumb idea and you shouldn't do it.

Chuck: But I didn't even say what it IS yet.

Kati: Doesn't matter. It's the same response I give for EVERY SINGLE ONE of your ideas, and for good reason!

Chuck: But this one's different, I assure you!

Kati: Chuck, you do many things for me, even things I'd rather be spared...uh...from. Assurance is NOT one of them.

Chuck: Will you at LEAST hear me out, please? I don't need any more demoralation…

Kati: Ugh...fine, but you have to promise to learn how to correctly pronounce "demoralisation".

Chuck: Done. Okay...Kati, what do you think of my idea to test the limits of my prima in a safe and controlled capacity...

Kati: I think that this amazing idea-

Chuck: ...by transforming myself into a wood elemental?

Kati: -is a dumb idea and you shouldn't do it.

Chuck: What? How can it be both amazing and dumb? That's an oxymoron.

Kati: Well, my brother had a similar idea once, and things didn't go as planned.

Chuck: Uh...okay...? Welp, time to go and practice!

Chuck stands and begins to walk away, his burger still in both hands.

Chuck: Demorayeel...demore-ish...delicktable...mmm...vak burger...yum...

Kati: He's gonna do it, isn't he?

***
Talya: He wouldn't!

Delphie: Well...

Delphie gestures to the wooden Chuck.

Talya: Of COURSE he would...

Chuck's voice: "Of course he IS wood".

Talya: Wait...he can hear us? But he's arborified!

Chuck's voice: What's..."arborified"...?

Talya yells at the wooden Chuck's face.

Talya: It means "turned to wood", Chuck! It's the wood elemental equivalent of petrification!

Chuck's voice: But I'm not wood. I'm meat, hair and feathers.

Talya: Really? Then what do you call THIS?

Talya knocks on the wooden Chuck's head three times with her right fist's largest knuckle.

Chuck: Uh...a physical and out-of-context example of a figure of speech?

Talya: What...? Oh, I get...no, that's not what I-

A gloved finger pokes Talya's shoulder, startling her.

Talya: WAH!

Talya flips around, her hand outstretched. She breathes a sigh of relief when she sees Chuck.

Talya: Oh, it's just you, Chuck...

Chuck: Well, of course! Who'd you expect?

Talya: Honestly, I expected Evan. Where IS he, anyway...?

Chuck: Oh, Ms. Frostswift took him on a secret training weekend or somesuch. Don't worry about it.

Talya: Fair enough. Then if you're here...

Talya turns to look at the wooden Chuck.

Talya: ...then what's this thing?

Chuck: Hm...I don't know, but it reminds me of my cousin.

Talya: The one you haven't seen in years?

Chuck: Yeah. He said something about going to the beach, but he didn't say when he'd be back.

Talya: Are there even beaches ON Incognes?

Chuck: I don't think so...all the world's beaches disappeared hundreds of years ago, and I know for a fact that Thomas and I have only been around for TENS of years.

Talya: Well then, I suppose this is just one mystery to add to our ever-growing list of mysteries...

Chuck: Aren't these things supposed to be "mostly-kind-of-semi-canon-ish", though?

Talya: Probably? Whatever, let's go get some breakfast. Delphie's probably already at the mess hall.

Talya and Chuck begin heading for the door.

Chuck: Yeah, it's really freaky how she can leave a scene without anyone noticing...oh yeah, I learned a new word! Wanna hear it?

Talya: Is it "avocado"...?

Chuck: No, I learned that one LAST week! Okay, this one's supposed to be said as...

We slowly zoom toward the wooden Chuck. Its eyes begin to mysteriously glow with forest green light. A voice whispers nearby.

Voice: Greenweald...